Wardrobe trunk



J. RITTER, JR

April 30, 1929.

WARDROBE TRUNK Filed Sept. 28, 1925 ill) Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS BITTER, JR, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HARTMAN'N TRUNK COM- PANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

Application filed September 1. his invention relates to wardrobe trunks and has for one of its principal objects to improve" the construction of such trunks, to the end that the number of trinunings required to connect the three sections of the trunk together, may be reduced to a minimum.

As well known in the art, wardrobe trunks usually comprise three sections, viz, the drawer section, a wardrobe section, hinged thereto, and a top or cover section for the said wardrobe section, which in turn is hing d to the latter in a plane at right angles to the first mentioned hinges. Herctotoro a comparativel large number of trunk trimmings have been used to connect these three sections together and special locking means have been employed for lock ing the wardrobe cover sect-ion in addition to the means commonly employed for interhit-king the wardrobe section proper, to the drawer section.

The present invention on the other hand contemplates the use of special trimmings which are so designed and constructed as to reduce the number to a minimum and, which at the same time, will effectively interlock the wardrobe cover section with the other sections of the trunk so as to prevent its unand locked, while at the same time, making it ill meressary to provide a separate or special locking means, for such cover section.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe trunk construction which will be relatively simple, compala lively inexpensive to manufacture and more effective in use than those which have been heretofore purposed.

lvith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description procoeds, the invention consists in the novel details of construction, and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate like parts in all the views;

F 1 is a top plan View trunk constructed in accordance with present invention; i

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of such a trunk looking at the wardrobe cover section end;

intentional opening when the trunk is closed of a wardrobe the 28, 1925. Serial No. 59,134.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevational View as seen from the left of Fig. 1, showing a portion of the trimmings employed for con necting together the wardrobe and drawer. sect-ions and for retaining the wardrobe taken approximately on the plane indicated by the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged t 'ansverse sectional view through the meeting edges of the trimming members.

Referring more particularly to the said drawings, the numeral 10 indicates generally, the drawer section of a wardrobe trunk which may be constructed in any desired manner and which is provided with the end wall 11 which, when the trunk is stood on end, as it usually is when open, constitutes the top member of the said drawer section.

The wardrobe section 12, is hingcdly secured at the bottom to the said drawer section in any approved manner, by a suitable hinge or hinges, not shown, while at the top it is similarly secured to the said drawer section by a hinge constituting a ortion of the trimmings to be later descried. The said wardrobe section has hingedly secured to it, as by the hinges 13, the wardrobe cover section 14, as will be clear from the drawings. Secured to the end or top wall 11 of the drawer section 10 adjacent its meeting edge with the wardrobe section and extending entirely across the trunk, is a trimming member 15, the ends 16 and 17 of which are turned downwardly as clearly shown in the drawings. The end 16 is provided with the loops 18 rigid therewith and constituting members which are adapted to coact with the companion loop 19 carried by a trimming member 20 secured to the wardrobe section 12, to constitute the top hinge 21 between the drawer and wardrobe sections.

The wardrobe cover section 1.4 is provided with the companion trimn'iing member along the edge thereof which is djacent the edge of the top or cover member 11, the opposite ends 23 and 2-1 of the said member 22 being also turned down, as shown in the d rawings.

The said member 22 is provided along its outer edge with an outwardly flared portion 26 which is adapted to receive behind it, the

lip or projection 27 with which the memberv 15 is provided. As will be clear troin Figs. 1 and 2, the parts last described extent throughout the major portion oi? the length of the members if and and they serve as interlocking connections between the top wall or cover member 11 and the wardrobe cover M for preventing the pivotal nmvement of the latter about its hinges it?) when the sec tions are in the closed iiositions, shown in the d rawing. In other words, the :tlared portion 26 together with the extreme edge of the wardrobe cover member 111; constitute a pocket which receives the projection 27 of the member 15 to prevent the unintentional opening of the wardrobe section.

To further prevent relative unintentional movement between the trunk sections, a trim ming member :38 provided at the right hand side of the trunlc, as viewed in Fig. 1 in cooperative relation to the down turned ends 17 and Q4 of the members 15 and 22 re speetively, the said member 28 being socured to the vertical wall of the wardrobe section 12, as will be clear from Figs. 2 and 6. This said member is provided with a pocket 29 adapted to r :ceive a projection 30 carried by the end 17 ot the member 15, which connection, as will be readily apparent, will. tend to prevent relative lateral movement between the walls of the wardrobe and drawer sections. The raid in anber 2S also provided with a vertical pocket 31 adapted to receivi a projection 32 :arriod by the down turned end oi the niembe' 22, which crmneetion will tend to prevent rela tive lateral movement between the upper edge of the wardrobe section 12 and the *ardrobe cover section 11. This last mentioned movement will likewise be prevented in the opposite sides by reason ojttlie IJlUVlhlUll ot the pocket 53 in the trimming member 20 and the projection QM carried by the end of the member The varions pockets just described, in a sense serve the purpose of dowel pins .in that they form. readily sepa ate connections between adjacent section, which, however, when in their closed or operative positions, tend to prevent relative movement, except in one plane between the two sections which they connect. It will thus be seen that by providing a wardrobe trunk with trinnnings such as those above described, that; the nnmber on. such trnmmngs may be reduced to a minimum, while at the same time it will only be necessary to provid i a single locking me; as tor inter-melting the drawer and wardrobe sections of the trunk, the said trinnninglz s serving to interlock and hold in closed position the wardrobe cover section.

While one form ol the invention has been illustrated and described. it is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction. as well as the arrangements of 'iarts, without de nlrting t'rom the spirit oi the invention, and theretoreyit is not wished to be limited to the above disclosure, except as may be required by the claims.

hat is claimed is:

1. In. a wardrobe trunk having hinged drawer and wardrobe sections. and a cover member hinged to said wardrola) section, a trimming member extending transversely of said cover section along the entire length of its meeting edge, the edge (it said member being flared to provide a. poclcet; and a companion trimming member extending along the entire length ot the meeting edge of the top wall of said drawer section, and provided with a projection adapted to enter said pocket, and to thereby atlord a dowel-lilac connection between said cover and drawer sc tion adapted to prevent movement ol said cover section on its hinges when all oil. said sections are closed, said trinnning members nesenting relatively low smooth surfaces said last named trimming member being provided with hinge elements constituting i portion of the hinge connection between said drawe and wardrobe sections.

2.111 a wardrobe trunk having hinged draweand wardrobe sections, and a cover section hinged to said wardrobe section, a trimming member extending along the entire length ot the meeting edge of said cover sec tions, said member having angularly disposed ends, and the edge oi? said member be ing flared outwardly to provide a pocket; a companion trimming member extending along the entire length of the meeting edge oi. the top wall of said drawer section, said membe also having angularly disposed ends, and being provided along its edge with a projection adapted to enter said pocket, thereby all'ording a dowel-lilac connection between said cover and drawer sections adapted to prevent movement o'l. said cover section on its hinges when all of said sections are closed said trimming members presenting relatively low smooth surfaces; additional t-rinnning members carried by said wardrobe section. adjacent the angularly disposed ends of said first mentioned trinnning members; and dijnvel-like connections between said first and last mentioned trimming members.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature.

JULIUS BITTER, JR.

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